# 2018 Jiangsu Suning F.C. season

The 2018 Jiangsu Suning season was Jiangsu Suning's 10th season in the Chinese Super League and 21st overall in the Chinese top flight. They also competed in the Chinese FA Cup.

## Season events

After finishing 12th in the 2017 Chinese Super League, Jiangsu Suning started their 10th consecutive season in the Chinese top flight, also competing in the Chinese FA Cup and starting the competition from the fourth round. On 25 July 2018, after a 2–3 loss on aggregate to Guangzhou R&F, they were eliminated from the cup. They finished in 5th place in the league, failing to achieve an Asian Champions League qualification spot.

## Current squad
### First team

    As of 13 July 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CHN | Gu Chao |
| 2 | DF | CHN | Li Ang |
| 3 | MF | CHN | Tian Yinong |
| 5 | DF | CHN | Zhou Yun |
| 6 | DF | CHN | Yang Boyu |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Éder |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Alex Teixeira |
| 11 | MF | CHN | Xie Pengfei |
| 12 | MF | CHN | Zhang Xiaobin |
| 13 | FW | CHN | Tao Yuan |
| 14 | MF | CHN | Nan Xiaoheng |
| 15 | MF | CHN | Gao Dalun |
| 16 | MF | CHN | Gao Tianyi |
| 18 | MF | CHN | Zhang Lingfeng |
| 19 | GK | CHN | Zhang Yan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | CHN | Abduhamit Abdugheni |
| 21 | DF | CHN | Cao Haiqing |
| 22 | MF | CHN | Wu Xi (captain) |
| 23 | GK | CHN | Li Haitao |
| 24 | MF | CHN | Ji Xiang |
| 25 | GK | CHN | Jiang Hao |
| 26 | GK | CHN | Zhang Jinyi |
| 27 | MF | CHN | Yang Jiawei |
| 28 | DF | CHN | Yang Xiaotian |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Gabriel Paletta |
| 32 | FW | CHN | Huang Zichang |
| 33 | MF | CHN | Wang Song |
| 37 | DF | CHN | Liang Jinhu |
| 44 | DF | CHN | Huang Jiajun |
| 54 | DF | CHN | Xie Xiaofan |

### Reserves

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Ramires |
| 8 | MF | CHN | Liu Jianye |
| 31 | MF | CHN | Wu Fan |
| 36 | GK | CHN | Qi Yuxi |
| 41 | DF | CHN | Shang Kefeng |
| 42 | DF | CHN | Qiu Yitao |
| 43 | DF | CHN | Zhu Qinggui |
| 45 | MF | CHN | Hu Zhifeng |
| 46 | GK | CHN | Meng Zuhang |
| 47 | DF | CHN | Xu Youzhi |
| 48 | MF | CHN | Zhang Xinlin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 49 | MF | CHN | Meng Zhen |
| 50 | FW | CHN | Ge Wei |
| 51 | FW | CHN | Ni Yin |
| 52 | FW | CHN | Xu Chunqing |
| 55 | DF | CHN | Wang Xijie |
| 56 | MF | CHN | Hu Shengjia |
| 57 | MF | CHN | Lian Fa |
| 58 | DF | CHN | Yao Ben |
| 59 | MF | CHN | Zhu Jiahao |
| 60 | MF | CHN | Xie Zhiwei |

### Out on loan

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | CHN | Li Shizhou (at Zhejiang Yiteng until 31 December 2018) |
| — | DF | KOR | Hong Jeong-ho (at Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors until 31 December 2018) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CHN | Chen Ji (at Guizhou Hengfeng until 31 December 2018) |
| — | FW | CMR | Benjamin Moukandjo (at Beijing Renhe until 31 December 2018) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player |
| Winter |||||
| MF | Tian Yinong | Yanbian Funde | Transfer | |
| MF | Zhang Lingfeng | União Torreense | Transfer | |
| MF | Abduhamit Abdugheni | Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | Transfer | |
| DF | Gabriel Paletta | Milan | Sign as free agent | |
| FW | Richmond Boakye | Red Star Belgrade | Transfer | |
| Summer |||||
| FW | Éder | Internazionale | Transfer | |
| GK | Zhang Yan | Beijing Sinobo Guoan | Transfer | |

### Out

* Pos.
* Winter ||||
* DF
* | Trent Sainsbury
* | Grasshopper
* | Loan
* MF
* | Roger Martínez
* | Villarreal
* | Loan
* MF
* | Cao Kang
* | Heilongjiang Lava Spring
* | Transfer
* DF
* | Hong Jeong-ho
* | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
* | Loan
* MF
* | Chen Ji
* | Guizhou Hengfeng
* | Loan
* GK
* | Zhang Sipeng
* | Guizhou Hengfeng
* | Transfer
* FW
* | Gao Di
* | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
* | Loan return
* FW
* | Benjamin Moukandjo
* | Beijing Renhe
* | Loan
* DF
* | Li Shizhou
* | Zhejiang Yiteng
* | Loan
* DF
* | Liu Wei
* | Nantong Zhiyun
* | Transfer
* Summer ||||
* MF
* | Roger Martínez
* | América
* | Transfer
* MF
* | Zhong Yi
* | Fujian Tianxin
* | Transfer
* FW
* | Richmond Boakye
* | Red Star Belgrade
* | Transfer

## Friendlies
### Italy training sessions

* ^1 Selection of Serie D clubs from Tuscany.

### 2018 Clubs Super Cup
## Competitions
### Chinese Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Shandong Luneng Taishan | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 58 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Beijing Sinobo Guoan | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 64 | 45 | +19 | 53 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Jiangsu Suning | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 48 | |
| 6 | Hebei China Fortune | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 39 | |
| 7 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 38 | |
* ↑ Beijing Sinobo Guoan qualified for the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage as 2018 Chinese FA Cup winners.

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 September 2018. Source: Competitive matches

#### Matches
### Chinese FA Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 2 September 2018

### Goal scorers

| Rank | Position | Nation | Number | Player | League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 10 | Alex Teixeira | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | | 32 | Huang Zichang | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | | 9 | Éder | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | | 24 | Ji Xiang | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | | 38 | Richmond Boakye | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | | 2 | Li Ang | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | 11 | Xie Pengfei | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | 22 | Wu Xi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | 12 | Zhang Xiaobin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 5 | 33 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Nation | Position | Player | Super League | Super League | Super League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Gu Chao | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 2 | | DF | Li Ang | 4 | | | 1 | | | 5 | | |
| 3 | | MF | Tian Yinong | 6 | | | | | | 6 | | |
| 5 | | DF | Zhou Yun | 4 | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 6 | | DF | Yang Boyu | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 8 | | MF | Liu Jianye | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 9 | | FW | Éder | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 10 | | FW | Alex Teixeira | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 12 | | MF | Zhang Xiaobin | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 16 | | MF | Gao Tianyi | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 18 | | MF | Zhang Lingfeng | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 24 | | MF | Ji Xiang | 5 | | | 1 | | | 6 | | |
| 28 | | DF | Yang Xiaotian | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 29 | | DF | Gabriel Paletta | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
| 32 | | FW | Huang Zichang | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 33 | | MF | Wang Song | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 38 | | FW | Richmond Boakye | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 1 |